The long gap in recording progress has been due to other commitments and some some minor illness. However work has been going on, concentrated around the cab. The following items have been removed to allow access and restoration of these items: the headlight assembly, the driver’s seat, the wiring cubicle and combined control box and main switch unit, the interior light switch bank, bell and flasher unit panel (above the driver), and the horn and cab light/step light switch. A lot of the aged wiring and redundant wiring has been stripped out of the cab, the indicator switch remains. Some replacement high-current cabling to feed the lighting switch panel has been ordered. Two new sidelight units were obtained (very expensive!) which means I have a spare now. The access panel to the destination box will need to be removed as the hing is sagging and it doesn’t close properly. The windscreen wiper motor remains to be removed too.
The plan forward now is to get the fuel tank dispatched for refurbishment, the cab floor repaired, the cab painted and the chassis painted in the area behind the fuel tank.
Progress has been slow again recently but I did manage to temporarily fit the missing NS window frame with a view to establishing accurately the position of the upper waistrail beading.
I spent some time measuring and establishing the needs for wiring conduit for the front and rear lights, which has now been ordered.
I fabricated and painted a new drip rail for the boot doors from J-section.
The last few days have been a bit slow. I have assembled the rear lights now, including a new, laser-printed, STOP mask for the stop light.
I also fitted the beading and face plate to the number plate box and trial fitted the bulbs and lights.
These photos show the development of the number plate and rear light box:
Numberplate box trial assembly
Number plate box installed into the body aperture
Lens face-plate and beading fitted.
Testing the number plate illumination.
Next, I spent some time drawing up a new project plan to keep me going for the next few months and hopefully to complete the nearside as soon as possible.
Included in the planning session was a wiring schedule for the boot, to include two additional low-level S&T lights as well as indicators and the single S&T mounted on the numberplate box.
